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Rachel
Orphaned at age 3 months Rachel was was taken in by her grandparents. They were increasingly unable to feed and care for their growing granddaughter. In 2007, 4-year-old Rachel came to her new home at Rafiki Village Zambia where she has thrived. Now in Senior Secondary School, Rachel is is a strong student who studies hard but still has time for fun. She especially enjoys taking her turn on one of the Village bicycles. Rachel says God has given her a new heart, saved her, and made her His child through faith in Jesus Christ. She has learned that He wants her to live in a way that pleases Him in all she does.
DOB: Jul 21, 2003
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim was quite fearful when he arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. His background and history made him fearful of change and strangers.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was placed in the care of his aunt.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Eva
After Eva's mother died in 2004, she was placed under the care of an uncle.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died in 2006 and she was left in the care of her aunt. They lived in a two room house with nine other relatives. Her aunt had...
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Richman
Both of Richman’s (Fiifi) parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Diana
Diana’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her and her twin brother, Dereck.
Clint
Clint was found abandoned at the edge of Thogoto Forest in Dagoretti
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother most of her life. They were not able to take care of Rabecca and she was placed...
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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